Description: On April 19, a Union infantry force landed on Hill’s Point
at the confluence of the forks of the Nansemond River. This amphibious
force assaulted Fort Huger from the rear, quickly capturing its garrison,
thus reopening the river to Union shipping. On April 24, Brig. Gen. Michael
Corcoran’s Union division mounted a reconnaissance-in-force from Fort Dix
against Maj. Gen. George E. Pickett’s extreme right flank. The Federals
approached cautiously and were easily repulsed. On April 29, Gen. Robert
E. Lee directed Longstreet to disengage from Suffolk and rejoin the Army
of Northern Virginia at Fredericksburg. By May 4, the last of Longstreet’s
command had crossed the Blackwater River en route to Richmond.